Combination can puncturer and handle



Sept. 15, 1936. c. F. KAEMMERLEN ET AL 2,054,504

COMBINATION CAN PUNCTURER AND HANDLE Filed May 5, 1936 mvrqrons ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 15, 1 936 Charles F. Kaemmcrlen and Elijah J. Willis,

, Morehead City, N. 0.

Application May 5, 1936, Serial No. 78,048

3 Claims, (01. 164120) This invention relates to a combination can having its ends bent at right angles and pointed puncturer and handle, and has for the primary to provide can penetrating elements in. The bar object the provision of a simple and inexpensive is overlapped by the head and leg portions 9 and device of this character which may be easily and 8 with the can penetrating elements disposed at 5 quickly adapted to a can and actuated to puncture opposite sides of the bar. A coil spring ii is se- 5 spaced holes in the top of the can, one of which cured to the leg portion 8 and to the bar and acts may be employed for discharging the contents of to urge the head portion in the direction of the the can while the other hole admits air into the bar. can to facilitate the flow of the contents and also In operation, the bar i is brought into engagel0 the device provides a convenient means for ment with the top of a can, the penetrating ele- 10 handling the can for pouring the contents or for ments also contacting the p f t e can e carrying the can with ease. can engaging element engages one side of the can With these and other objects in view, this inunder the usual rim flange of the can. Pressure vention consists in certain novel features of com is applied to the bar causing the jaw 3 to snap struction, combination and arrangement of parts under the rim flange at an opposite side of the 15 to be hereinafter more fully described and c from the can engaging lement 4- Pressure claimed. is then applied to the head 9, causing the can For a complete understanding of our invention, puncturing elements ill to pentrate the can, as reference is to be had to the following description shown in ,dotte lines in Figure A ter t and accompanying drawing, in which penetration of the can, pressure is applied to the 20 Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a comfree end of the leg portion 8 disengaging the bination can puncturer and handle constructed pe et t elements from the can a d at t e in accordance with our invention and showing same time the handle 2 is gripped whereby the the same on a can. can may be tilted for pouring the contents with Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating the the latter vented to the atmosphere. The pourmy device. ing of the contents from the can may be from Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the de- I either of the openings formed therein. The device applied to the can prior to puncturing the vice may be left upon the can if the latter is not latter and illustrating the use of the device as a entirely emptied of its contents and w P esv handle for the can. sure is released from the leg portion 8 the spring 30 Figure 4 is a bottom plan view illustrating the acts to return the penetrating elements I0 into device. the holes closing said holes to prevent the en Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation showtrance of foreign matter into the can. ing the device adjusted to accommodate a can Referring to our modified form of invention, of a size smaller than the size of the can shown a can puncturing means ii is pivoted to the 35 in Figure 1. bracket 6 of the bar i and is of a type whereby Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating a openings may be punctured one at a time in the modified form of our invention. top of the can and consists of a pair of members Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral i2 including parallel portions i3 forming a han- 40 l indicates a bar bent adjacent one end to form die and also includes diverging portions l4 dis- 40 a finger piece 2. The other end of the bar is posed in opposite directions with respect to the bent at right angles thereto and cut away to form bar i and having their free ends bent at right a shouldered jaw 3 having a limited resiliency; angles and pointed to form penetrating elements -Pivoted to the bar I adjacent the handle 2 is a l5. The penetrating elements i5 may be moved can engaging element 4 having each end offset simultaneously or either independently of the 45 and shouldered, as shown at 5. The pivot of the other. The parallel portions I! are offset, as can engaging element 4 is located closer to one shown at l6, to form a seat for one end of the end than to the other so that the device may be spring I I. readily adapted to large and small cans. In this form of our invention it is attached to A bracket 5 is secured to the bar t a jacent th a top of a can in a manner similar to the hereto- 50 pivot of the can engaging element 4 and has fore described form and by placing pressure on pivotedthereto a can puncturing means I of subthe diverging portions i4 openings may besimulstantially T-shaped formation. The can punctaneously punctured in the top of the can or if turing means 1 includes a leg portion 8 which is it is desired to puncture openings singularly, prespivoted to the bracket 6 and a head portion 9 sure is first applied to one of the diverging portions and then the other. To raise the penetrating portions from the openings pressure is applied to the parallel portions l3.

Having described the invention, we claim: 1. A device of the character set forth comprising a bar to extend across a top of a can, a resilient Jaw at one end 01' the bar to engage with one side of the can, a can engaging element pivoted to-said bar and having its ends ofl'set, either of which is adapted to engage with the can to cooperate with the jaw in securing the bar to the can, the pivot 01' said can engaging member being located closer to one end thereof than the other to permit application of the bar to cans oi different sizes, and can penetrating means carried by said bar.

2. A device of the character set forth comprising a bar to extend across a top of a can, a resilient law at one end oi the bar to engage with one side of the can, a can engaging element pivoted to said bar and having its ends offset, either of which is adapted to engage with the can to cooperate with the jaw in securing the bar to the can, the pivot of said can engaging member being located closer to one end thereof than the other to permit application of the bar to cans of different sizes, a finger piece formed on said bar, a bracket secured to said bar, and a spring pressed can penetrating means pivoted to said bracket.

3. A device of the character set forth comprising a bar to extend across a top of a can, a resilient jaw at one end of the bar to engage with one side of the can, a can engaging element pivoted to said bar and having its ends offset, either of which is adapted to engage with the can to cooperate with the Jaw in securing the bar to the can, the pivot of said can engaging member being located closer to one end thereof than the other to permit theapplication of the bar to cans of difierent sizes, a finger piece formed on said bar, a bracket secured to said bar, a member pivoted to said bracket and including a leg portion and a head portion, said head portion having its ends bent at right angles and sharpened to form penetrating elements, and a spring acting on the leg portion and located between the latter and the bar.

CHARLES F. KAEMMERLEN. ELIJAH J. WILLIS. 

